Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 14:54:09 EDT
From: Larry Horn
Subject: Re: M.V.P. versus M.O.P.
I noticed the M.O.P. too, but my impression wasn't that it was a (Dick)
"Vitaleism" (no way to spell that, is there?), but more likely an official
NCAA designation. There has always been the dispute about "MVP" as a designa-
tion: does it really mean most VALUABLE, or is it just another way of saying
BEST, and if the former, should it really go to someone like Andre Dawson of
the '87 Cubs, who contributed valiantly to what turned out to be their last
place finish? Presumably M.O.P. is a way to avoid those issues, although I
imagine it will usually go to a member of the winning team. (But Dollar Bill
Bradley won it, under whatever name, when he led his Princeton team to a third
place finish in the NCAA tournament a while back.)
Larry